Definition of adverbialize
adverbialized;
adverbializing;
adverbializes
linguistics
: to create an adverb from (an adjective, a noun, etc.)
- As noted earlier … Roumanian does not adverbialize adjectives in the lexicon, but instead simply uses adjectivals freely in modifier function …
- —Frederick Browning Agard, A Course in Romance Linguistics, 1984
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adverbialization
also British adverbialisation play \(ˈ)ad-¦vər-bē-ə-lə-¦zā-shən, -ˌlī-¦zā-\ noun-
- The accusative case was the primary case used for adverbialization of nouns …
- —Roger D. Woodard, The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, 2008
